“Kicking 4.3 million Americans off of SNAP is not a flex, it’s a failure,” said Democratic Rep. Shontel Brown. US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Saturday openly celebrated millions of people losing their food assistance, which experts say is a direct result of the Republicans’ 2025 budget law that slashed funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by $186 billion […]
“Unfortunately, it could get worse,” the analysis warns, pointing to lobbying for “indexing capital gains for inflation—which would be a benefit hugely skewed to the wealthy.” Just over a week away from Tax Day in the United States, a think tank on Monday released an analysis highlighting how most Americans will see their taxes go up this […]
Of the roughly 450 hospitals identified in a new analysis as at risk of closure or service cuts, around 200 are located in congressional districts represented by Republicans. The unprecedented Medicaid cuts that US President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans approved last summer are putting hundreds of hospitals across the country at high risk of cutting services or permanently shutting […]
“Republicans in Congress want to cut Americans’ healthcare to pay for more war in Iran. Let that sink in.” “Republicans won’t think twice about *literally* sacrificing you to get their way.” That’s how Democrats on the US House Ways and Means Committee responded to Axios’ Monday reporting on congressional Republicans considering more healthcare cuts to help fulfill President Donald Trump’s request for $200 billion to continue partnering […]